Basics
Settings
A wide range of options to fit the various use cases, professional and personal needs.
Markdown Guide
Apply basic formatting by adding a few punctuation characters.
Core Components
A quick tour of the interface of Writer for first time users.
Cloud Storage
Having access to your documents on multiple devices makes life easier.
Features
An overview of our features on different platforms.
Library
Content Blocks
Include images, comma separated tables, text files and code as blocks of content in your documents.
Organize your files
Folders, favourites, hashtags and more, discover all the ways to organize your documents in Writer.
Wikilinks
Connect, browse, and rediscover your writing.
Outline
Writer for Windows comes with two powerful features for working with long or complex documents.
URL Schemes
Open iA Writer from other applications on both macOS and iOS, and perform specific actions on opening.
Navigate your files
Create, search and navigate through your documents in the Library.
Editor
Stats
From word count to estimated reading time, document stats help you stay on top of things.
Focus Mode
Shut down distractions. Focus on the sentence or paragraph you’re currently working on.
Title Bar
From Library navigation to enabling core features, the Titlebar is your go-to.
Keyboard Bar
Formatting options at your fingertips make writing on mobile a breeze.
Metadata
A simple key-value format for storing additional information about a document, only visible in the Editor.
Shortcuts
Knowing keyboard shortcuts will greatly improve your performance with our app.
Syntax Highlight
A more structured view of your document will help you improve your writing style.
Style Check
A personal editor-in-chief on your device, carefully reviewing your text for redundancies, clichés, and filler words.
Spell Checking
How to install additional spellchecking (Windows)
Snippets
Snippets allow you to save a significant amount of time by providing smart text substitutions. (Windows only)
Preview
Export Share Print
Learn how to export, share and print your documents
Modify the Preview
To see your formatted text and to change its look, open Preview.
Custom Templates
Create iA Writer templates in your own style.
Blog
How to to draft blog posts before uploading them to your website.
Templates
Preview, create PDFs, and print documents with iA Writer's templates.
Help
iCloud
iA Writer is file storage provider agnostic but we recommend iCloud for the best experience across most devices:
Privacy Policy
Which information do we see, and what do we leave untouched?
Troubleshooting
Here are some things you can do if iA Writer acts in unexpected ways.
Backups and Recovery
Lost progress in a document? Regret deleting that paragraph? No problem!
Changelog
Scroll through the history of our apps, version by version, platform by platform, update by update.
Education and Volume Purchase
An overview of our volume educational discounts and the pricing for schools, companies and organisations.
How to Write
Six rules for better writing, a rundown on how to use parts of speech, lectures on style, and the elements of style.
FAQ
Below are answers to common questions. Everyone is special, but most questions that we get overlap.
Localisation
Writer supports writing in many languages, and is localized in English, German, Japanese, French, Spanish, Italian, Russian, Chinese, Korean and Portuguese.
Writer vs Word
What are the advantages of a focused writing app like iA Writer compared to Microsoft's WYSIWYG classic?
Dropbox
Access your documents via the web, on PCs and other devices.
Accessibility
We want our products to be enjoyed by the widest possible audience.
Writer Classic
iA Writer Classic was launched in 2010 and was under active development until 2016.